Trump campaign faces legal action for using Village People song at rallies

[Klaralven]

Lawyers will file a complaint "in the next few days" over the unauthorised use of the Village People hit "YMCA" at campaign rallies for US President Donald Trump, a rights attorney said on Thursday.

The 1978 disco anthem was used both at rallies and as the soundtrack to a campaign video ahead of Tuesday's US presidential election.

The rights holders, including Scorpio Music "have discovered with amazement this misappropriation, moreover for partisan and electoral purposes for the benefit of Donald Trump, which they would never have accepted," said lawyer Richard Malka.

The unauthorised use of the song will "be the subject of a complaint in the next few days, both in France and in the United States, against any initiator or accomplice of what constitutes outright theft of the property of others ", he said.

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20201105-trump-campaign-faces-legal-action-for-using-village-people-song-at-rallies

[Blue Owl]

1. His sentence: Staying at the YMCA

prior to serving his jail time for tax fraud

[groundloop]

2. I really don't get why tRump would use "YMCA" at his rallies.

But in any case it's good to hear that someone is attempting to hold him accountable.

[Cha]

3. Good Luck Scorpio Music et al!

[keithbvadu2]

4. Can't they just show him dancing to it?

Can't they just show him dancing to it?

[whttevrr]

5. That's a criminal complaint.

They can only sue for civil.

[keithbvadu2]

6. I'm recommending ridicule.